Sqlite using command line

Question

Sqlite is kinda frustrating. Each time I run a command, I\'m not able to use the up down left right arrows to retrieve my previously typed commands. Is there any way to enab

Answer 1

A quick solution is to launch SQLite with ReadLine support like following:

rlwrap sqlite3 database.db

If rlwrap is not installed, you can do so on Ubuntu using the command:

sudo apt-get install rlwrap

For other Linux versions, check here.

rlwrap is a ReadLine wrapper, a small utility that uses the GNU readline library to allow the editing of keyboard input for any other command.